COLUMNISTS

I’ve written numerous times about society’s skewed expectations about our professional athletes.More to the point, I’ve tried to expose some of the boundless hypocrisy that the various sports leagues bring to this topic.Now that it’s a big issue, the NFL has become the strict arbiter of good behavior.A few years ago, a professional football player could be videotaped beating his fiancee unconscious and receive a two-game suspension.

Television commercials often get under my skin for one reason or another, but the one that has rankled me most in recent years is “The Most Interesting Man in the World.” To my mind, the guy who does the pitch for Dos Equis beer is the...